HNT.L Regulatory News (HNT)

For & Discretionary

Against

Total votes cast

Votes Withheld

Resolution

No. of shares

% Votes cast

No. of shares

% Votes cast

1

To receive the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2017 together with the Reports of the Directors and auditor.

255,166,444

100.00

0

0.00

255,166,444

1,306,041

2

To approve the Report of the Directors on Remuneration for the financial year ended 31 December 2017.

250,025,013

97.49

6,443,122

2.51

256,468,135

4,349

3

To reappoint Derek Mapp as a Director.

243,347,035

95.37

11,819,842

4.63

255,166,877

1,305,517

4

To reappoint Paul Taaffe as a Director.

256,472,263

100.00

125

0.00

256,472,388

7

5

To reappoint Neil Jones as a Director.

256,328,780

99.94

143,608

0.06

256,472,388

7

6

To reappoint Andy Boland as a Director.

256,470,263

100.00

2,125

0.00

256,472,388

7

7

To reappoint Nicky Dulieu as a Director.

256,472,191

100.00

197

0.00

256,472,388

7

8

To reappoint Pat Billingham as a Director.

256,472,191

100.00

197

0.00

256,472,388

7

9

To reappoint Elizabeth McKee Anderson as a Director.

256,470,263

100.00

2,125

0.00

256,472,388

7

10

To reappoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditor of the Company.

256,471,562

100.00

826

0.00

256,472,388

7

11

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditor.

256,472,388

100.00

0

0.00

256,472,388

7

12

To authorise the Directors to offer a scrip dividend alternative.

256,469,133

100.00

2,271

0.00

256,471,404

991

13

In respect of the year ended 31 December 2017, to declare a final dividend of 1.45 pence per ordinary share.

256,472,388

100.00

0

0.00

256,472,388

7

14

To authorise the Company to make political donations up to a maximum aggregate amount of £75,000.

254,939,319

99.44

1,425,534

0.56

256,364,853

107,540

15

To authorise the Directors to allot shares.

256,336,784

99.97

88,249

0.03

256,425,033

47,362

16

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of equity securities. *

256,370,176

99.98

56,000

0.02

256,426,176

46,219

17

To authorise the Directors to disapply pre-emption rights in connection with the allotment of equity securities for the purposes of financing an acquisition or other capital investment. *

256,268,126

99.94

158,697

0.06

256,426,823

45,571

18

To authorise the Company to make market purchases of its own shares. *

256,320,127

99.94

152,260

0.06

256,472,387

7

19

To authorise the Company to call general meetings (other than Annual General Meetings) on 14 days' notice. *

255,727,637

99.71

744,751

0.29

256,472,388

7

20

To adopt new Articles of Association. *

256,463,482

100.00

6,404

0.00

256,469,886

2,509

*Special Resolution

NOTES:

1. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the votes 'For' and 'Against' a resolution.2. Total number of ordinary shares in issue as at today's date is 331,858,168 of which 1,686,681 are held in treasury. Therefore, the total number of issued shares with voting rights in the Company is currently 330,171,487.

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